DUBAI // A 30-year-old man is accused of molesting a housewife at Dubai Aquarium.
Afghan NH saw Palestinian housewife SA, 26, standing with her friend at the aquarium in Dubai Mall on October 24 last year. He approached her from behind and pressed his body against hers, prosecutors said. “I was at the aquarium with my friend, SK, at 10pm watching the fish when I felt the defendant pressing his body against my back,” said the housewife.
She told prosecutors she looked back and saw that the defendant was aroused. “I screamed at him and he ran away,” she said.
The woman ran after him and caught him before calling police.
Her Syrian friend said she heard SA screaming and asked her what was wrong.
“She told me a man had molested her, before running after him,” said the 30-year-old.
CCTV footage showed a man approaching the woman and touching her with his body, before she tried to hit him with her bag.
At Dubai Criminal Court, the defendant denied molesting the housewife
The next hearing is on June 17.
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